Word: iii
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...overproducing the obsolete: if the U.S. has all the planes it needs to fight in 1953, but does not get into war until 1958, it will need just about an entire new air force. If the planners' optimism is justified, and the U.S. is not in World War III by 1953; the nation's taxpayers will be grateful for such economy; if the planners are wrong, the U.S. will be disastrously half-ready. It is a massive gamble, which only a few men like Elder Statesman Bernard Baruch boldly criticize: he, almost alone, would...
...III. The weight of water is 62.4 pounds per cubic foot. What is the weight of the water that fills a rectangular container 6 inches by 6 inches by 1 foot? (a) 32.2 pounds, (b) 15.6 pounds, (c) 10.4 pounds, (d) 12.48 pounds, (e) none of these. (For answers see footnote...
...Russia did come into the Asian war, would it mean World War III...
...World War III is not inevitable...
Plan B had been drawn up by Fisby's boss, Colonel Wainright Purdy III, "a man with a clearly defined mission in the Army- he was reaching for the stars." Behind Purdy loomed the formidable figure of Mrs. Purdy, president of the Tuesday Club of Pottawattamie, Ind. It was she who had persuaded the colonel to organize a Woman's League for Democratic Action among the Okinawan ladies, and to suggest model menus for the league's meetings (chicken aspic and salmon loaf garnished with water cress, fruit compote and other delicacies...